AST is pleased to offer three types of continuing education credit for viewing these webcasts: physician (AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™), nurse (contact hours), and coordinator (CEPTCs). Credit is earned for each webcast separately. A passing score on a post-test and completion of an evaluation are required before credit is awarded (passing is defined as 70% correct).

Continuing education credit can be purchased for a fee of $25 for members and $35 for non-members (per webcast). After you have viewed a webcast, click on the “Purchase CE” button next to that webcast to begin the purchase process. You will receive an email containing a link to claim your credit.

Release Date*: January 2012
Expiration Date for Credit*: January 31, 2015

*The ATC Highlights: Liver and Cardiothoracic web cast was released December 2011 and expires December 31, 2014.

Intended Audience
Physicians, registered nurses, and transplant coordinators.

Method of participation
Each activity should take one hour or less to complete. Participants should first read the objectives and other introductory CME/CE information, and then proceed to the educational offering.  To receive credit for this activity, participants must complete the post-test with a passing score of 80%, and then complete the evaluation. This credit is valid through December 31, 2014. No credit will be given after this date.


In the event you are unable to print the certificate, please e-mail armandoc@dannemiller.com and a certificate will be emailed within 2 weeks.

System requirements
Please see the system requirements page for full details.

Learning Objectives
See each Webcast for specific learning objectives.

Accreditation Statements
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Dannemiller, Inc. and AST. Dannemiller, Inc. is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians
Dannemiller designates each enduring educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. See each Webcast description for the exact amount of credit offered.



Registered Nurses
Dannemiller is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 4229. 

RNs outside California must verify with their licensing agency for approval of this course. See each Web cast description for the exact amount of credit offered.



Transplant Coordinators
Category I Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs) have been applied for through the American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC).

Disclosures
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Dannemiller requires that any person who is in a position to control the content of a CME activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with a commercial interest.

Faculty Disclosures

The following faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose for this activity: Camille Kotton, Roslyn Mannon, Arthur Matas, Kevin O'Connor, Emilio Poggio, Bernd Schroppel, Josef Stehlik, and Div Verma (assisted Josef Stehlik). Faculty may identify other financial relationships during their actual presentation, however those relationships are not relevant to this particular activity.

Planning Committee Disclosures

The following planning committee members have no relevant financial relationships to disclose for this activity: John Gill, Jeremy Goodman, Simon Horslen, Paulo Martins, Isabel Neuringer, Christin Rogers, Milagros Samaniego, and Waichi Wong.

All potential conflicts of interest have been resolved satisfactorily following a review by the AST Conflict of Interest Committee and the Dannemiller Clinical Content Review Committee. The resulting certified activity was found to provide educational content that is current, evidence-based, and commercially balanced.

The AST and Dannemiller staff and all others involved in the development of this activity have no relationships with commercial interests.

Off-label statement
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by FDA. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Further, participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.

Disclaimer
The contents and views presented in this educational activity are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Dannemiller. This material is prepared based upon a review of multiple sources of information, but it is not exhaustive of the subject matter. Therefore, healthcare professionals and other individuals should review and consider other publications and materials on the subject matter before relying solely upon the information contained within this educational activity.

For questions regarding the content of this activity and technical assistance, contact Dannemiller, accredited provider for this CME activity, at armandoc@dannemiller.com.

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